Publishing

This is the first step in addressing what has been a sticking point for many publishers. ELSPA should be applauded for convincing publishers to do something that no other organisation has managed. And it’s the first step in something might just spark a catalyst for huge change in the trade. …

Sony Ericsson is planning to launch an Android-powered gaming smartphone which may carry PlayStation branding, according to a report on tech blog Engadget. Citing a ‘trusted source’, the report claims that the device could be revealed as early as this October, running the as-yet unreleased Android 3.0 operating system. The …

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Mark this one down strictly as unsubstantiated rumour, but games site MaxConsole claims to have word from a source” regarding the paid-for multiplayer components that Activision is expected to announce shortly for Call of Duty: Black Ops. It claims that alongside the traditional multiplayer options – which will remain free …

It was reported earlier this week that Microsoft’s Xbox 360 motion camera Kinect will be able to recognise sign language – it seems, though, that the version making it to retail cannot. In a statement released to Kotaku a Microsoft rep claims: We are excited about the potential of Kinect …

What follows is 600 (yes, all the red numbers really add up to 600) games, consoles, companies and deals that have shaped the industry throughout the last 12 years… HIGH-PROFILE BIRTHS, DEATHS & MARRIAGES Over the last 12 years, the games industry’s leading businesses have danced around like a game …

Sports Interactive’s studio director Miles Jacobson has released the first details about Football Manager 2011, which will be out some time before Christmas. The game includes a new contract negotiation system. Agents have been expanded on and now boast lots of different agent types who negotiate contracts in different ways. …

Publishers unite for PC digital download sales chart; could launch in November

Duke Nukem Forever refuses to die, with fresh rumous suggesting the game’s development has been picked up by Gearbox Software. Sources have told Kotaku that the studio behind Borderlands and Brothers In Arms has picked up the project from the work started by the original developer 3D Realms – which …